Summary
Graham Gear is a seasoned technology leader with 13 years of experience building and scaling data, analytics and big data platforms across APAC, EMEA and global operations. He has led teams at Cloudera and South32, combining hands-on engineering (including Hadoop contributions) with strategic development of machine learning, simulation and analytics assets for enterprise decision-making. Comfortable translating research prototypes into production systems, his early work in sonar research and MPI/Linux clusters informs a pragmatic approach to high-performance, parallel computing. Currently a primary carer in Perth, he brings disciplined project leadership and a curiosity for instrumenting organisations and lives to surface actionable insights and eliminate waste. Colleagues describe him as a thoughtful technologist who blends open-source advocacy with measurable business impact.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer